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Scotland’s Play Charter

Scotland’s Play Charter describes our collective commitment to play for all children and young people. Supporters of the Charter know that children have the right to play and value play as an essential part of children’s health and wellbeing as individuals and part of the community.

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Pledges to Scotland’s Play Charter

  • Summerston Childcare
  • Mosstodloch Primary School
  • Bright Starts Nursery
  • Culture & Leisure
  • Scaraway Nursery School
  • Stirling ELC
  • YouthLink Scotland
  • Support for Families
  • Enable Scotland
  • Clydesdale After School Care
  • Together – Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights
  • EA Junior School
  • St John’s RC Primary
  • St Paul’s Primary School
  • Task Childcare Services
  • Fun Lodge After School Care
  • St Sylvester’s Primary School
  • St Rose of Lima Primary School
  • Woodlands Family Nurture Centre
  • Support from the Start North Berwick Cluster
  • Orkney Library and Archive
  • Access Parkour Ltd
  • Home-Start Lorn
  • Adelaides Nursery
  • Balornock Primary School
  • Barnardo’s Scotland
  • NHS West Dunbartonshire
  • Fenton Barns Nursery
  • Edzell Nursery
  • Pirie Park Primary School
  • Cairnsmoir Connections
  • Loader Monteith
  • Fountainhall Nursery
  • Angus Council
  • Whiteinch Centre
  • Starcatchers
  • Edinburgh and Lothians Out of School Care Network
  • Melrose Primary School
  • Commercial Primary School
  • Tinies
  • High School of Dundee
  • Caldercuilt Primary School & Nursery
  • Gleniffer Nursery
  • Cumbernauld YMCA
  • Argyll & Bute Council
  • Upstart Scotland
  • Clermiston Primary School and Nursery
  • Scamps SOSC
  • Wallyford Primary School
  • City of Edinburgh Council
  • East Lothian Out of School Care Network
  • Smart Play Network
  • MACS After School Care
  • North Edinburgh Arts
  • Youth Scotland
  • Families First, North Lanarkshire Council
  • Allan’s Nursery
  • Simpson Primary School & Nursery Class
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • Glasgow Life
  • Rattray Primary School
  • Langlee Support Centre, Langlee Primary School
  • Pencaitland Primary School Parent Council
  • Aberlour Childcare Trust
  • St George’s School for Girls
  • Scottish Government
  • Roots and Shoots Highland Learning
  • Gullane After School Club
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary School
  • What’s on Inverbervie Community
  • St David’s Primary RC
  • Impact Arts
  • City of Glasgow College
  • Murrayburn Primary School
  • Parenting Across Scotland
  • Bridge of Weir Childcare
  • Angus Alive
  • LINKES
  • CHAS
  • Home-Start East Fife
  • Innerwick Primary and Nursery School
  • Giffnock Nursery Class
  • Jennyswell Out of School Care
  • Professional Learning Academy
  • Fife Play Resource, Fife Play Development Team, Fife Council
  • Inverbrothock OOSC
  • Prestonpans ASC
  • Kinneil Primary School and Early Years Campus
  • Healthy n Happy CDT
  • Barnardo’s APNA Project
  • St Margaret’s Primary School
  • South Lanarkshire College
  • Make Mess Matter
  • Dens Road Primary School
  • South Ayrshire Council
  • Kids Come First
  • Glenbervie Kindergarden
  • Forgandenny Primary School
  • Lamlash Early Years Class
  • Playland
  • Kidzcare
  • The Cottage Family Centre
  • Tarves Primary School
  • East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Scalloway Youth & Community Centre
  • Elphinstone Primary
  • Preschool Academy
  • Crieff Hydro
  • Mud Pie
  • Edible Estates
  • Buttons & Bows Nursery School
  • Leaps and Bounds Activities (LBA)
  • St Thomas Playgroup
  • Almond Park Nursery
  • Support from the Start Haddington Cluster
  • Oxley Park Academy
  • Fledglings Childminding Service
  • Heathfield Primary & Early Years Centre
  • East Park
  • Cambusbarron Village Nursery
  • Linnvale Primary
  • Parent and Infant Mental Health Scotland
  • Kidsize Out of School Club
  • Craigton Primary School
  • Play and Sports Limited
  • Busy Bees Nursery
  • WHALE Arts
  • St Columba’s Junior School
  • Barlanark Out of School Care
  • Operation Play Outdoors
  • The BIG Project
  • Fife Gingerbread
  • Milltimber Playgroup
  • St Charles’ Primary School
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Castlepark Primary School
  • Bankhead After School Care Service
  • The Wee Childcare Company Ltd
  • With Kids
  • St Gerard’s Nursery School
  • The Creativity Portal
  • Gylemuir After School Club
  • The Nurture Nursery
  • Woodland Outdoor Kindergartens
  • West Dunbartonshire Council
  • Voluntary Action
  • Dundee and Angus College
  • Doune Nursery
  • Ayrshire College
  • Little Steps Childminding
  • Cardonald Primary School
  • Seahorse Nursery
  • TIGERS
  • Mini Me Yoga Ambassador
  • Argyle Bridge Children’s Nursery
  • Forest School Leader
  • Quarriers
  • North Edinburgh Childcare
  • Home-Start Levenmouth
  • Early Education UK
  • NG Homes
  • Support from the Start Dunbar Cluster
  • Greener Kirkcaldy
  • St Leonard’s Primary and Nursery School
  • Mid Calder Primary School
  • University of Dundee
  • Holy Cross Nursery Class
  • Linthaugh Nursery School
  • Play Torbay
  • Home-Start Wigtownshire
  • Craigour Park Primary School and Nursery
  • Stirling Play Services, Stirling Council
  • Corstorphine Primary School
  • Arran High School
  • Oxgangs Primary School
  • Green Aspirations Scotland CIC
  • Iona Primary Early Years
  • St Joseph’s Primary School
  • Firpark Primary School
  • Earthtime for All Ltd
  • C.O.J.A.C. Caring Operations Joint Action Council
  • St Mary’s Nursery Class
  • Oxfordshire Play Association
  • Dalmilling Primary School
  • St David’s Primary School
  • NHS Health Scotland
  • Newtown Primary School
  • Holmston Out of Skool Club
  • Firsthand Lothian
  • Living Streets Scotland
  • North Queensferry Primary
  • Mini French
  • Broomhill OOSC
  • Family Fund Scotland
  • Step by Step Nursery
  • Welly Walkers Childminding
  • Outdoor Cleghorn
  • East Lothian Play Association
  • Liberton After School Club
  • Tingwall Primary School
  • Movement Park
  • The Green Team
  • Sgoil-àraich Taobh na Pàirce
  • Stepping Stones North
  • Interactive Play Scotland
  • Eyemouth Primary School
  • OSCARS Childcare
  • St Peter’s RC Primary School
  • Scout Association
  • Dunbar Primary School Nursery
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Crossmichael Primary School
  • Jordanhill School
  • Clovenstone Primary School
  • ACE Place Nursery and OSC
  • Tweeddale Youth Action
  • Kilbarchan AAC
  • Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Support, Help and Integration in Perthshire
  • Gowrie Training and Consultancy
  • Maxwellton Park Nursery & OSC
  • East Ayrshire Council
  • West Johnstone Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • Crieff Hydro Kids Club
  • Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre
  • Castleton Primary School
  • Carli’s Kindergarten
  • Chanonry Beaver Scouts
  • Windygoul Primary School
  • Busby Primary School
  • Include Me 2 Club
  • Leisure and Culture
  • Falkirk Community Trust Libraries
  • Cookfur Nursery Class
  • Newmains Family Learning Centre
  • Culture NL
  • Support from the Start Tranent Cluster
  • Red Harbour Events
  • Arkleston Primary School
  • Balmore Kindergarten Ltd
  • James Gillespie’s Nursery
  • Perth Autism Support
  • Maggie’s Childminding Service
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • New College Lanarkshire
  • Busy Bairns Childminder
  • Craiglockhart After School Club
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
  • Perth & Kinross Council
  • Our Place Our Families
  • Penicuik YMCA-YWCA
  • Orchard Grove Kindergarten
  • The Concrete Garden
  • Thornlie Primary School
  • Outdoor Woodland Learning School (OWLS)
  • Antonine Primary School
  • Four Seasons Nursery
  • Black Lion Games
  • Lanarkshire Childcare Services
  • Knightswood Primary
  • St Ninians Nursery
  • Monkey Puzzle Glasgow Central
  • PLUS Forth Valley Ltd
  • Goodlyburn Primary School
  • Alyth OOSC
  • St Peter’s Primary School
  • Aberlady ELOSCN
  • Parsons Green Primary
  • Boomerang Community Centre
  • First Nursery
  • Ninewells Nursery
  • Shetland Islands Council
  • Battlefield Primary ASC Association (BPASCA)
  • Galleon Centre
  • Sciennes Primary School
  • Child’s Play Nursery
  • Camperdown Primary School and Nursery
  • Clackmannanshire Council
  • Whinhill Primary School
  • Eastmuir Primary School
  • Auchinairn Afterschool Care & Forest School
  • Houston Primary School
  • Lecropt Nursery and Bridge of Allan OOSC
  • Fife Childcare Services
  • Inclusive Play
  • Babysign
  • Chatelherault Nursery & ASC
  • SPELL
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Licketyspit
  • Project 31
  • Muck Primary School
  • St Ninian’s Primary School
  • Borders College
  • Meadowburn Primary School
  • Abbey Early Years Centre
  • Croftamie Nursery
  • Glebelands Nursery
  • North Ayrshire Council
  • South Morningside Primary School and Nursery
  • Whiteness Primary School
  • Little Lunches
  • Hyndland After School Club
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Parkour UK
  • Childcare Strategy Team
  • Dumfries Toy Library
  • Gracemount Nursery
  • Stramash
  • PlayBoard NI
  • Little Scallywags Nursery
  • Ark Out of School Care
  • First 4 Kids
  • Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
  • Abbey Mill Childcare
  • St Boswells Primary School
  • KO-NEKT (Childcare)
  • Hillwood Primary School
  • Inspiring Scotland
  • Udston Primary School
  • Play Together on Pedals
  • Childcare in the Community
  • City of Play
  • Evanton Wood Community Company
  • The Destiny Project
  • Simply Play
  • International Play Association Scotland
  • East Pollockshields Out of School Care
  • PEEK Project
  • Whitburn and District Community Development Trust
  • Tweedbank Early Learners
  • Towerbank ASC
  • Rosemount Lifelong Learning
  • Healthy Valleys
  • Play Borders
  • Argyll College
  • Play Alloa
  • Middleton Park School
  • Home-Start Kincardine
  • Emerald Maintenance
  • Hayburn Park Association
  • North United Communities
  • Child’s Play
  • Holy Corner Community Group
  • Early Steps Nursery
  • St Martin’s Primary School and Nursery
  • Allsorts Dornoch
  • Creative STAR
  • Bikeability
  • Aberfoyle Nursery
  • Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR)
  • Little Acorns
  • Parent Action for Safe Play
  • Meiklewood Nursery and After School Care
  • Aberdeenshire Council
  • ASH Scotland
  • Johnshaven School
  • Òganan Ghlaschu
  • RHC NHS GGC
  • St Denis’ Primary School
  • Highland Council
  • Getting Better Together
  • Toybox Children’s Centre
  • Off Grid Kids
  • Biggar Primary School and Nursery
  • Little Forest Friends Scotland
  • East End Empowering Stars
  • Scottish Book Trust
  • Holy Corner Community Playgroup
  • Children’s Health Scotland
  • Flowerpots Childcare
  • Gingerbread
  • Borestone Primary School
  • Beech House Nursery
  • Dunblane Youth & Sports Centre Trust
  • Outlet Play Resource
  • CALL Scotland
  • Grange Primary School
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Bruce Family Centre
  • Laura’s Little Treasures
  • Islesburgh OOSC
  • South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture
  • Old Doune Road Nursery
  • Newtongrange ASC
  • Canongate Youth
  • Enterprise Childcare
  • Park Primary School
  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Maddiston Primary School
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • 3D Drumchapel
  • Gap Childcare Services
  • West College Scotland
  • Child Central Training
  • Cornerstone Nursery
  • Wardie Primary School
  • Dirleton Playgroup
  • Wee Gems
  • Jordanhill Out of School Service
  • Aberdeen City Council
  • Tinto Nursery
  • Midlothian Sure Start
  • Support from the Start Musselburgh Cluster
  • Pentlands Activity Camps (PAC)
  • Queens Cross Housing Association
  • Adoption UK
  • Cosy Cottage Nursery School
  • Forestry and Land Scotland
  • Echline Primary School and Nursery Class
  • Enchanted Forest Nursery
  • Beatlie Primary School
  • Law Primary School and North Berwick Nursery School
  • Riverside Primary School
  • Sgoil Bhaile a’ Mhanaich, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
  • MyParkScotland
  • Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
  • Fusion Childcare Services
  • Nurture the Play
  • Pilton Youth and Children’s Project
  • West Lothian Council
  • Gargurnnock Play Group
  • Guildford Borough Council Playrangers
  • Seamab
  • Tiptoe’s Children’s Nursery
  • TICTACS After School Service
  • Muirhouse Youth Development Group
  • Bonding with Baby
  • NHS GGC Children and Families
  • Fife College
  • Erskine Stewart Melville School
  • Rosetta Early Learners
  • Fields in Trust Scotland
  • Cockburnspath Primary School
  • Timberplay Scotland Ltd
  • Falkirk Council
  • Play Midlothian
  • Sacred Heart Primary School
  • The Scottish Parliament
  • Warout Primary School
  • Shetland College UHI
  • Twinkle Stars Childcare
  • The Yard
  • Scalloway Pre-School
  • Newton Nursery
  • Musselburgh Burgh Primary School
  • Leaps and Bounds Nursery
  • Lauriston Nursery
  • Edinburgh College
  • Burnbrae Primary School
  • Scottish Out of School Care Network
  • Edinburgh Young Carers Project
  • Springfield Primary School
  • Burnfoot Community School
  • Education Department East Dunbartonshire Council
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • Wellgreen Nursery, Stirling
  • Support from the Start Prestonpans Cluster
  • Hanover Street School
  • NHS Forth Valley
  • PlayBase
  • Coastguard Club
  • Stanmore House School – Capability Scotland
  • Bòrd na Gàidhlig
  • Smallworld Out of School Club

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